One-year results of a community-based translation of the Diabetes Prevention Program: Healthy-Living Partnerships to Prevent Diabetes (HELP PD) Project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (FDPS) demonstrated that weight loss from lifestyle change reduces type 2 diabetes incidence in patients with prediabetes, the translation into community settings has been difficult. The objective of this study is to report the first-year results of a community-based translation of the DPP lifestyle weight loss (LWL) intervention on fasting glucose, insulin resistance, and adiposity.

Research design and methods

We randomly assigned 301 overweight and obese volunteers (BMI 25-40 kg/m(2)) with fasting blood glucose values between 95 and 125 mg/dL to a group-based translation of the DPP LWL intervention administered through a diabetes education program (DEP) and delivered by commu

SUBMITTER: Katula JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3120203 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature